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V

1
or v

[ vee ]

noun

, plural V's or Vs, v's or vs.
  1. the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove.
  3. something having the form of a V .
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter V or v.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter V or v.


v.

2

abbreviation for

  1. see.

V.

3

abbreviation for

  1. see.

V

4

abbreviation for

  1. Mathematics. vector ( def 1 ).
  2. Mechanics. velocity.
  3. verb.
  4. victory.
  5. Electricity. volt; volts.
  6. vowel.

v.

5

abbreviation for

  1. valve.
  2. (in personal names) van.
  3. vector.
  4. vein.
  5. ventral.
  6. verb.
  7. verse.
  8. version.
  9. verso.
  10. versus.
  11. very.
  12. vicar.
  13. vice.
  14. village.
  15. violin.
  16. vision.
  17. vocative.
  18. voice.
  19. volt.
  20. voltage.
  21. volume.
  22. (in personal names) von.

V.

6

abbreviation for

  1. valve.
  2. Venerable.
  3. verb.
  4. verse.
  5. version.
  6. versus.
  7. very.
  8. Vicar.
  9. vice.
  10. Village.
  11. violin.
  12. Virgin.
  13. Viscount.
  14. vision.
  15. visual acuity.
  16. vocative.
  17. volume.

V

7
Symbol.
  1. the 22nd in order or in a series.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for five. Compare Roman numerals.
  3. Chemistry. vanadium ( def ).
  4. Biochemistry. valine ( def ).
  5. (especially during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.

v

8

abbreviation for

  1. Electricity. volt; volts.

v

1

symbol for

  1. physics velocity
  2. specific volume (of a gas)
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V.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Venerable
  2. (in titles) Very
  3. (in titles) Vice
  4. Viscount
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v

3

/ viː /

noun

  1. the 22nd letter and 17th consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced labio-dental fricative, as in vote
    1. something shaped like a V
    2. ( in combination ) See also V-sign

      a V neck

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v.

4

abbreviation for

  1. verb
  2. verse
  3. version
  4. verso
  5. usually italic versus
  6. very
  7. vide
  8. vocative
  9. volume
  10. von
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V

5

symbol for

  1. (in transformational grammar) verb
  2. volume (capacity)
  3. volt
  4. chem vanadium
  5. luminous efficiency
  6. victory
  7. Roman numeral five See Roman numerals
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abbreviation for

  1. Vatican City (international car registration)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of V1

From the Latin word vidē

Origin of V2

From the Latin word vidē
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Example Sentences

The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.

Add a pop of color with a bright violet v-neck blouse from 3.1 Phillip Lim.

Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.

In third person, Grand Theft Auto V was like a really elaborate action figure play set.

Minutes into the rerelease of Grand Theft Auto V, I inadvertently stomped a cat to death.

U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.

The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .

The action of the springs now serves to close the valves V, V1, and to open out the motor M, whereupon the process is repeated.

The air in the chamber will press upon the back of the valve V, tending to keep it closed.

Illustrated with a map, 14 full-page and 46 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown.

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